Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

hehl-keek • adv • inland, in the mountains

Lexicon record # 432 | Source reference(s): R199 JE74
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

• obviative hehl-keeks

Special meanings or uses

• hehl-keek nee knuuue mountain hawk R199 [birds]

• hehl-keek nee nerh red huckleberry [literally, "berry in the mountains"] R199 R233 [plants and trees]

• hehl-keek nee stows-tek' pine FS(WB:FS34 ) [plants and trees]

Derived phrase or compound

• Hehl-keek 'WeRoy "Klamath River"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (13)

1. hehl-keek "inland, in the mountains" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. hehl-keek "inland, in the mountains" (spoken by Jimmie James)

3. hehl-keek "inland" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)